Stepchild of the Sun |
So as a reward for saving his skin from being sacrificed by some freak cult during a masquerade party a few weeks away, the Lord Mayor offered the party invitations to the exclusive masquerade ball (along with the gold the AP mentions he offers).
It's to be held on the 23rd of Neth (November), about a week and a half away in game time, and is part upscale party/ part introduction to the faith of Sivanah for Magnimar where she has very few followers.
I'm planning on having several RP encounters with a variety of npcs the party has already met and some they have yet to meet, skill challenge dancing contests, and costume contests. I'm looking for a few more ideas to pad out a fancy ball into a whole or at least half of one session and don't want a huge focus on combat.
The small amount of combat I plan on including involves the return of Xanesha (who survived the Clocktower using feather fall and invisibility while cursed and at 8 HP). She will, along with a few allied faceless stalkers, enter the masquerade disguised as npcs they have killed/ disabled and hidden and attempt to lure the Lord Mayor away before marking him with the sihedron and killing him.
If anyone's interested, here's the invitation I made up.
RuyanVe |
Greetings, fellow traveller.
I liked the banquet in Dance of the Damned which might serve as a starting point.
Ruyan.